Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- UCLA
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- UCLA
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 156
- TOT
- 814
- SOLO
- 645
- AST
- 169
- SACK
- 12.5
- INT
- 5
- PD
- 39
- FF
- 7
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  DAL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 123 | 98 | 25 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | SF | 16 | 87 | 77 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1995 | SF | 16 | 95 | 81 | 14 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | SF | 16 | 127 | 106 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | 16 | 95 | 70 | 25 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 1998 | SF | 16 | 113 | 91 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 1999 | SF | 16 | 101 | 75 | 26 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2000 | SF | 16 | 73 | 47 | 26 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- TOT
- 84
- SOLO
- 75
- AST
- 9
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 4
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 156
- TOT
- 5.2
- SOLO
- 4.1
- AST
- 1.1
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.3
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | DAL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1994 | SF | 16 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | SF | 16 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | SF | 16 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | 16 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | SF | 16 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | SF | 16 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | SF | 16 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Ken Norton's career stats?
Ken Norton played 10 seasons for the Cowboys and the 49ers. He recorded 814 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 1996: 127 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1989 to 2000
Ken Norton finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships ×2
- 1993 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
- 1994 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
All-time career rank
- 112th in tackles (814)
Among the 9,225 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Ken Norton
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